Originally posted by sbst275:
excuse me... go read what the HK govt is planning to do over bus ops in HK Island once the MTR Island Line is extended to Kennedy Town and the Island South Line.. alrdy a KMB Cross Harbour Rt is slated to be axed... Rt 113... So you say ppl wun switch to DTL once it opens.. ppl will take bus... eh... I can tell you.. 960 can go eat grass alrdy... DTL goes to Bugis, Suntec, MBFC, MBS...
I never say ppl wun switch to DTL, even I will switch. But the reason for switching is not because of poor standard given by SMRT or SBS Transit. It's rather the travelling time.
"People won't choose DTL over those buses because of the standard BUT rather the which transport will reach their home fast/or less transfer"
If the bus is faster/better for them, people will still take bus
home. If the train is faster/better, they will also take the train.
Who cares about the standard? Don't tell me you're going to take
DTL from A to B, then transfer another bus from B to ur home just
because of the direct bus u're taking is rubbish? 
And yes, 960 ridership will drop since DTL links Bugis to BPJ, provided it's faster than 960. And there's still going to be people taking it to Woodlands/Marsiling from Bugis, ain't nobody got the time to transfer transfer transfer, simply waste of time.